There must be more than male benevolence as the basis for a woman's well-being.

"The Tanzanian told her that all fiction was therapy, some sort of therapy, no matter what anybody said."

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?"

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie